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An Ominous Cause of Headache in a Teenager
Emergency Medicine
  • Dipal Shah, HCA Healthcare
  • Rachel Sklar
  • Latha Ganti, HCA Healthcare
  • Joshua Walker, HCA Healthcare
Division
North Florida
Hospital
Ocala Regional Medical Center
Document Type
Case Report
Publication Date
8-6-2021
Keywords
  • pineoblastoma,
  • pinealoma,
  • pediatric headache,
  • cephalgia,
  • emergency medicine,
  • brain tumor
Abstract

We present the case of an adolescent male who presented to the emergency department with headache and vomiting. We discuss the differential diagnosis and the need to maintain a high index of suspicion to avoid missing ominous causes of headache. In this case, the patient had a pineoblastoma, detected on a noncontrast CT scan. The CT scan was done as part of the emergency department workup to evaluate headache accompanied by vomiting in this otherwise healthy teenager.

Publisher or Conference
Cureus
Citation Information
Shah D, Sklar R, Ganti L, et al. An Ominous Cause of Headache in a Teenager. Cureus. 2021;13(8):e16934. doi:10.7759/cureus.16934